Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-21

A HOUsEKEEPER's DILEmMA.
- suppoae tt's hash for breakfast.
saio the honsokeepsr, putting down he
book with long breath. The hands o
the clock marked exactly Ave minnie,
OF nine. II get tired Of hash. % yselt )
sne added ~ the visitor made no reply
ous Whst 10 one 70 do? When
married knew that must eat hash
and l made up my mind TO cat IL cheer
loily, and have, bat I'd like 70 70
rid Of Il sometimes"
"Who don't you have . meAt ring To-
morrow morning." the visitor asksd,
III there 10 any thing new under thu
SUM-" exclaimed the house keeper, "ir
the way OF warming up things, tell me
end make me your debtor for Life, Wha
e meat ring, how 10 Il made and wha
do you do With it9"
The visitor smiled and laid down he,
book slso.
"Mash your cold potato" she s.id
"wetting with milk 70 make It smooth
6ese On ssg snd then beat oil togethe,
Nightly. Chop and seas0n the meat
File the potato In smooth mound on I
large pie plste, make ring of the meal
round It, And put into . bot oven Tor j.
minutes or until thoroughly heated
Serve this In the dish 1t was hes, "a In. d
I'm Try this ~ . relief" said the
houss keeper. s'It will lock : little
q ifferent from the common course =,
all events, but can't yeu tell mo OF some
other way TO az up warmed osers?"
why, dear me-" said the visitor.
Why cons Jon some times make nsh
0Alh? Take tablespoonful Of milk. 4
neAten eaG aud swo tablsspooniuls Of
hour. Nix them together end stir In
any finely minosd cooked hsh you han
pom TO have. Season TO your tsste and
form into balls. Then fry these baIls
IN lard - you would dougbnuts. Lay
them on brown paper In . hot oven two
or three minutes before you send them
10 the tsblo. They sre very nice with
baked potatoes.
I'm glad You came /" AMI the house.
Keeper drew . long breath, but I'm
worse than any child who has heard one
tsiry story: my constant cry win be- tell
40 other. Truly these are fairy stories, -
she continued, "you are the fairy god
mother who bewitchss my bashes and
cold remnants into dainty creations foI
my table. and better ttll, you showed
me how to use the divlping rod M yself.
out pray 90 ON. can't bear to lose q
IT" 20 on, theu." said the visitor.
you might mako meat balls II You
have only very little meat, for you
can mix bread crumbs v ith sour meat
II you haven't any potato. Beat In one
or two egg yOlks, according to the
amount Of meat and Drum be- On baye.
and cook - you do fishbslls. These
meat balls are very nios IL they are Sea-
soned with bit Of powdered sage or
summer savory. You can make hash
cakes In the same way for u change.
Make them small, pressing them fat
In your hands and fry them 10 nice
pork TAT In fs spider. Have the fat
Is bot ~ possible when tho cakes are
hist put iu thas they may not be soaked
with the INT, dull and sOSgy.
Don't think IL extravaaant TO use
eggs In this way In cookipg P ople
don't eat half eggs enough, and they
are Is nutritious In this way rs plainly
boiled or fried, snd one gets tired Of
them cooked IN the Same way, over and
over again. II you want to be very
dainty you may mould our mas he'd DO.
tato, vet with the egg and milk, using
only the yolk OF the egg and seasoned
With pepper or herbs, into fancy shapes.
A pear II easily maze and m ~ have o
Glove stack In one end for . stem Gull
dren are fussy sometimes about eating
breakfast. but anything . little out OF
the common course will ofteo tempt
them to . good meal. l wouldn't en-.
courage them to be fussy aud make
extra work, but 1t In pleasant TO know
that the children will sometime look
back to the happy days at home, and
ISL that the folks codld cook no va.
days as mother used to -
The visitor looked up with . bright
smile, The housekeepsr folded her
hands on her knee and solemnly said:
You have given ms mora than gold,
Tor warmed-over breakfasts are the
housekeeper's bug bear, and you have
laid my ghost"